Segrave celebrations ahead

Southport Sands, scene of Segrave’s 1926 Land Speed Record, will host 90th anniversary celebrations

PLANS ARE UNDERWAY to mark the 90th anniversary of Sir Henry Segrave’s record-breaking 152.33mph run at Southport Sands, Merseyside, UK, with a week-long series of motoring events, which include a return to the Sands on 16 March 2016. Segrave, a British national born in Baltimore, USA, set the record in March 1926 driving his 4.0-litre V12 Sunbeam Tiger Ladybird. The record lasted just one month, until JG Parry-Thomas achieved 171mph in Babsat Pendine Sands in Wales. Segrave regained the record a year later in the 1000hp Sunbeam Mystery(also known as ‘The Slug’) at Daytona Beach, Florida, at 203.79mph – making him the first person to travel at over 200mph on land. His final record came in March 1929, when he drove to 231.45mph in Golden Arrow, again at Daytona Beach. He then moved…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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